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F. S. CARR.

SE-PARABLE CUFF LINK. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3|

Patented Sept. 30 1919;

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IHHH v THE COLUMBIA PLANOOIIAPN C0" WAIHINONN. D. C.

Fania s. CARR, or NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, Assie vort'ro CARR F sTnnEn coivrrAnY,

I or CAMBRIDGE,MASSACHUSETTS, A conromrrion' QFMAINE.

SEPARABLE CUFF-LINK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED S. CARR, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of Newton, in the county of Middlesex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, (whose ostoffice address is care of Carr Fastener Compa'ny,-,Cambridge, Massachusetts,) have invented an Improvement in Separable Cuff- Links, of; which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a; specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.-

E This. invention pertain to improvements in separable cuff links.

Referring to the drawings, which show a preferred form of one illustrative embodiment of my invention A Figure l'illustrates a preferred method of separating the two cuff-engaging portions of one form of my invention by pullingouts wardly on one side of the cuff at a point above thecuff link, thereby to tip the two portions of the link, one relative to the other,:an'd ef; fect separation thereof;

-Fig.. 2jis a crossssection of a preferred form of link taken on the. line 2-2 of Fig. l; v v

Fig.3 is a section; on the line 3-3 of Fig-.2;

Fig. ii's an elevation, partly in section, taken on the line H of-Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 shows a modificationaof the separable: button shown inthe otherfigu'res, which modificationis particularly well adapted for use with stiff ends, the heads-of the link beingangled to conform to the flare of the ends of the cufi'.

Great annoyance has heretofore been caused to users of separable cufi links arise in from either of two causes ;if the separa 1e portions of the cuff link were positively locked against accidental separation,

the links have been difficult to join together andto separate, While separable cuff links as heretofore constructed which havebeen easy to separate and snap together have proved unsatisfactory because likely to=be accidentally Separated. It is one, of the objects of'the present invention to Provide a cuff link which can be readily separated and joined together withoutcomplicated manipulation, but which is not subject to accidental separation. v

In the preferred form of my invention, the two-portions of the Stud are easil sepa- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

Application filed January 31, 1919. Serial No. 274,314.

rable by relative tipping movement in at; least one direction and are locked, prefer.- ably positively, against Separation by role-1 tive tippingmovementin at least one direction, viz-., that direction in which the two portions of'the link are naturally tipped by the angling of the opposite ends of the 0111i.

In -the illustrative 'form of my invention shown in the drawings, I have shown coops crating stud and socket members, one carried by one end .of the cuif and the other by the other .endof the cufi',..the stud and socket being formed to permit relative separation of stud and socket and of theopposite ends of the cuff by relative tipping movement in two directions, viz., by tipping movement, as shown in Fig. ,1, longitudinally of the cuff and exerted from above or by tipping move-. ment in the opposite direction and longitudi= nally of the cuff which, would be caused by grasping one lowercornerof the cufiand pulling it away from the adjacent corner thereof. It is not at all essential that sepa: ration be effected by tipping movement in more than one direction, but; it is obviously desirable to be able to effectseparation by tip-ping; movement in two directions in case the stud be placed in the socket in reversed relation, that is, in case that-portion of'thev stud Shown in Fig. 1 as adjacent the lower edge of. the cuff were to be positioned toward the upper edge of the cufli' If the button, or even one portion thereof, were always placed in the same relation to the cuff it would not be necessary to have the stud and socket. lock against separation by relative tipping movement in more than one direction, viz., that direction in which force is exerted by the angling of the cuif but, in view of the fact that the shanks and heads of the button may be :made in various forms, some of which might be reversible-I prefer, as Shown, that the stud and socket be locked against sepa-l ration by relative'tipping movement in both directions longitudinally of the cufl buttonhole shown in Fig. '1. v

; As either the stud 'or the socket, or both,

can ormust determinethe direction or direc-' tions in which separation can beeflected byrelative tipping movement andthe direction or directions in which the parts arelocked against separation by relative tipping move:

ment, I 'preferablyprovide the direction-1 1 I determining member or members with means cooperating with the shape-of: the

button hole the cuff for predetermining and maintaining a given relative position or pos'itions of the determining member or mem:

bers to the cufi. It is, however," practicable in some instances to determine the-relation of the determining member or members to the end by the angling Q'lithe outside heads of the link relative to thefiare of the cuff. i

In the preferred form of my invention shown in the drawings, the stud is symmetrical, :h'avmg a head5 and a neck portiont6 providing therebetween' arelatively abrupt-shoulder. The studf5 may be, as

' shownaconnected to a shank portionicarry 'of stud and socket may be effected byrela- V tive tipping movement; -This socket may comprise, as shown in'Fig. 2,.a casing 10 carrying a spring 11 providing jaw portions 12 adapted to engage behind the head ofthe stud member iand adapted to be wedged apart-from beneath the shoulders' of said 1 Zi-Innse, thetwoportions of stud member when the studv and socket are tipped one relative to the other in a direction longitudinally of "thejaws 12-12. In the preferred'ijform of the invention shown in the drawings, relative tipping movement of-gstud and. socket in a direction transversely of the jaws 125-12 is prevented, not only by the engagement of the jaws withthe shoulder behind: the head: of the stud, but also by the shape of the opening in'the face of the socket, which opening elongated as best shown in 4:. The buttonh'o'les in cufis almost invariably extend in; at-direction circumferentially thereof, or, in' other words,"transver' sely thereof. In that form of my invention shown in the drawings I have taken advantage of this to provide a shank portion on the direction determining member, viz;, in this instance the socket, which'shank portion'is elongatedin adirection transversely ofthe jaws 12'12, thereby insuring the positioningfof the stud inthe cufl in such a way that separation by rela tive. tippingmovement of the parts can only be elfected in" a direction longitudinally of 'the-cuiflvia, in a direction transversely of theflbuttonhole" as shown in- Fig. 1. Where the' head of the 'cuff'linkis angled t6 con form to the flare of the stifl cufi, as shown in 5, ftheangle of the head ofthe stud may be used as-the determining factor instead of the elongated shank portion as shownin Fig.2; '2 I the separable studmayibe inserted intheir respective cuff I buttonholes, after which the head of the stud should be entered in the'vaperture opposite the opemng in the socket and,-when the two I outside heads of the link are pressed toward each other, the rounded head of thestud will 1 spring apart the two jaws, 12j' 12,'thereby permitting the stud to enter the socket -.unt1l the jaws 1212 snap into theneck of the stud. The cuii link is now locked against separation by relative tipping movement, in the direction of the angling of the stud and, in. the preferred form of 7 my. invention shown in the drawings, it is locked against separation'by tipping movement in thevdia-r metrically opposite direction also. Thetwo parts of the cuff link may, however, be readily separated by tipping movement in a direction longitudinallyof the cuff, viz., in a direction transversely of the cuff button-.

hole shown in Fig. 1; Thiscan'very readily V be effected by inserting the ifinger of the other hand in the opening'above the oufl link and exerting a slight force'- or pull thereon in a direction toward'the observer in Fig- 1, in other words, away from that nd of the cult whichhas not been engaged by the finger. In the preferred form of my invention selected for illustrative purposes, separation can also be effected by--taki'ng hold of one lower corner-of the cufi and giving it a pull away from the 7 adjacent corner of the cuft-g It is, however,- obviousthat anywhere from one to three directions in whichseparation may be effectedby tipping movement may be provided without departing from the scope of'myinvention, and that anywhere from one to' -three' directions "in which the lockingof the parts againsti separation by tippingmovement'is provided may also be suppliedwithout departing iron; the scope of my invention. In fact, whilel have shown and described a preferred'for-m of one embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that changes involving omission, substitution, alteration and reversal oi parts, and even changes in the mode ofope'ration, may 'be' made without departing from the scope of my invention, which is best defined-in the following claims. Claims; 7' 7 I 1. A separable c'ufl? link including-cooperating; stud" and socket members locked against separation by relative tipping move merit in onedirection', and formed to per mit separation by relative tiping move mentin another direction. i?

2; A separablei Que 11111; including" cobpcrating stud and -socket"member's locked against separation by relative tipping move ment in one direction, formed? to permit separation by relative tipping movement in another direction, and positioning me ns P posing rotation of at least one of said members relative to the cooperating cuff buttonhole.

4. A separable cuff link including cooperating stud and socket members separable by relative tippin movement in at least one direction and 100 (ed against separation by relative tipping movement in at least one direction, and means for determining and maintaining a predetermined relationship between the cuff and at least one of said members.

5. A separable link including cooperating stud and socket members located between the cuffs, said members locked against separa- Gopieg of this patent mly be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ratents, Washington, D. G."

tion by tipping movement in the direction of angularity of the'opposite edges of the cuff, but separable by relative tipping movement in another direction.

of the cuff, but separable by relative tipping,

movement longitudinally of the cuff in another direction.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

FRED S. CARR. 

